More than three out of every four Iranian citizens favor improved relations with the United States, according to a major survey [.pdf] conducted less than one month before this Friday’s presidential elections in Iran by a U.S. non-governmental organization, Terror Free Tomorrow (TFT). Just over half (52 percent) of the pool of 1,001 respondents also …
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David Henderson applauds a small change for the better
Gareth Porter on intel from ‘foreign analysts’
Justin Raimondo on Obama’s ‘peace feelers’
Conn Hallinan on covert operations out of control
Kelley Vlahos on a hawk in Obama’s court
JERUSALEM – The tremors of Monday’s North Korean nuclear test have been felt all around the world, no more so in a country seemingly not directly affected by whether or not North Korea is a full-fledged nuclear power. In Israel, there is deep concern, an existential fear even – over the implications that Iran will …
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Paul Craig Roberts on the greatest threats to peace
Hilite title: Iran Freed Roxana Saberi
subhead: When will US free Ibrahim Jassam? asks Jeremy Scahill
Skill, patience, consistency, logic, and understanding go a long way toward the design of an effective foreign policy. These attributes – perhaps obvious but frequently in short supply among foreign policy decision-makers – build a much firmer policy foundation than rude and emotional outbursts, erratic challenges, public bullying, contemptuous disdain, or efforts to isolate and …
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